Jul 5, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Repentance
Gramps, I have had sex before marriage, and broke the word of wisdom. I am scared to tell my bishop, because everyone in my ward is pressuring me to go on a mission. What is going to happen when I tell him? Thanks Anon. Dear Anon. Well, you’ve broken the law of...
Jul 4, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Forgiveness, Holy Ghost
Question Gramps, The only sins we can’t be forgiven for are murder and denying the Holy Ghost. Is that correct? I’m a convert so I’m just curious? Thanks. Josh Answer Dear Josh, Not exactly. When you say “murder,” I...
Jun 29, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Abortion, Forgiveness, Repentance
Dear Gramps, This is pretty serious. I did something terrible when I was 18 (and BEFORE I was a member of the church) and have never told ANYONE. I have repented, begged for forgiveness and have felt a lifting of that burden, but will be getting married in the temple...
Jun 29, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Repentance
Dear Gramps, My question is on repentance. How does one go about it? My question arises because in a recent meeting of the stake priesthood (I attend a University student stake) the president advised those who had committed any form of fornicative sin to see his...
Jul 16, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps I read your article concerning that we need to forgive and forget and have a problem with it. I agree with the affect on those who don’t forgive but it appears to me from my own experience that those who commit offenses seem to continue on doing so and...
Apr 17, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness
Dear Gramps, I have been feeling a deep hatered for a couple in our ward and have not attended church for almost 3 years because I can’t stand the sight of them. I have read every thing I can find on forgiveness to get past these feelings, but I haven’t...
Apr 1, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness
Dear Gramps, I have a question I am marrying a lovley LDS women in a few months and in a prievous marriage that she was in for 26 years she was verbal and mentally abused he now is a branch president the other day she called me and told me hoe he called her and said...
Mar 2, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness, Repentance
Dear Gramps, What happens when someone wants to join to church who has been excommuicated? I was excomnuicated about 25 years ago. I had gone inactive. Wanted i guess to see if anyone cared if i went or not. A letter was left for me saying i was excommunicated....
Feb 6, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Mormon Faith, Repentance, Testimony
Dear Gramps, I’ve been inactive for many years and its now that im coming back. Since then i have committed countless numbers of sins and some of which i cant even remember. How will God judge me for the sins i forgot i committed and how do i go about repenting for...
Jan 31, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Forgiveness, Repentance
Question Dear Gramps, When repenting of a major sin, how can we know whether we are being too hard or too easy on ourselves? Will Answer Dear Will, The following comes from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s address at April 2008 Conference....
